David Bailey's Peru – in pictures

David Bailey's Peru – in pictures

Machu Picchu, Lima, Cusco and Lake Titicaca … David Bailey’s Peru is a collection of images shot by the photographer while on location for Vogue in 1971 and Tatler in 1984. Struck by the natural beauty he saw on these assignments, Bailey set out to document people in their natural habitats in addition to his fashion work

The exhibition runs from 19 October to 21 December at Heni Gallery in central London

David Bailey

Main image:
People build a hut on a floating island
Photograph: David Bailey

Fri 2 Nov 2018 09.35 EDT
Last modified on Fri 2 Nov 2018 11.42 EDT

Bailey’s Peru
is published by Heni Publishing for about £40, with additional text by Grace Coddington and Jackie Higgins. For more information please visit
www.henipublishing.com

‘Whether fashion, portraiture or documentary, these photographs occupy a space between reality and fantasy, fact and fiction, realism and surrealism. To borrow the words of Vargas Llosa, they represent Bailey’s inventions, his dreams and illusions.’ Jackie Higgins

‘Why include fashion in a travel book? I suppose I did it because people can be quite snobbish about fashion shoots. They have a misguided idea that the photographer is told what to do by the magazine. This may be true with a lot of photographers but not the good ones. What they do is just as important as any other picture-making.’ David Bailey